UMS Science Fair: Picking a Topic

6th Grade:

Outdoor School and Ecosystems

Terms to search for:

Environment
Biodiversity 
Ecosystems
Photosynthesis

Water Unit

Terms to Search For:

Water Science
Chemistry
States of Matter
Thermal Engineering

Human Body

Terms to Search For:

Biology
Animal biology
Human biology
Biomedical engineering
Cells 
Anatomy
Diseases

Our Extreme Planet

Terms To Search For:

Atmospheric science
Climate science
Natural hazards
Weather

7th Grade:

Chemistry

Terms to search for:

Chemistry
Molecules
atoms
Microscopes 
Thermal engineering 
Physical and chemical properties and changes

Earth Processes

Terms to search for:

Types of rocks
Rock cycle 
Weathering
erosion
Plate tectonics
Pangea
Relative dating
Geologic Time (Earth’s history)

Flow of Energy

Terms to search for:

Kinetic energy
potential energy 
Magnets 
Circuits and electricity 
Wifi
signals
sensors

Human Impact on Earth

Terms to search for:

Climate change
Environmentalism 
Resources

8th Grade:

Physics

Terms to search for:

Kinetic Energy
Potential Energy
Physics
Waves

The Solar System

Terms to search for:

Astronomy (not Astrology!)
Cosmology
NASA
Rockets
Gravity

Genetics and Inheritance

Terms to search for:

Traits
DNA
Punnett Squares
Genetics
Mutations
Selective Breeding

Biotic Diversity

Terms to search for:

Fossil Record
Common  Ancestry
Natural Selection
Adaptation